All Issue archive articles – Page 19
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NewsBackchat June 2022
An alternative leg day away from the gym, an insurance professional cooks up a storm and one insurer celebrates its 100th birthday. What has the insurance sector been up to lately? You heard it here first…
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AnalysisIn Focus: Digital transformation in the claims arena is no ‘panacea’
Digitising the claims journey for customers is just ’one piece of the jigsaw’ that insurance firms should consider when plotting business goals and ambitions
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AnalysisPremier League risk register expands following BI-linked lawsuit launch
As a number of Premier League football clubs initiate BI-related legal action against insurers, Insurance Times explores the myriad risks that footballers and clubs could encounter in today’s post-pandemic landscape
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AnalysisRevealed: Which firm is the most profitable insurer in UKGI?
Insurance DataLab analyses the latest Solvency and Financial Condition Reports to find out which of the top five largest insurers have the best underwriting performance
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AnalysisProperty disrepair claims fraud is beginning to look like ‘the new PPI’
Industry experts have noticed a worrying increase in claims farming from CMCs in the property disrepair arena
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IT InterviewWill Acrisure become the new crème de la crème of broker networks?
The broker plans to provide a ’digital network proposition’ to combat competitor offerings that ’aren’t that great’ and have not ’moved with the times’
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AnalysisIn Focus: The OIC portal one year on – success or failure?
Three experts share their perspective on how the Official Injury Claim portal is performing as the system passes its first birthday
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AnalysisTechTalk: Rising automation demand reveals insurance skills gap
As the demand around automated services grows, the insurance industry must ensure that its workforces are equipped to work alongside automation
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AnalysisBriefing: Elon Musk takes insurance in-house at Tesla – can the industry keep pace?
As the electric vehicle revolution continues, Musk is set to gain a key position in the insurance sector, providing further competition for insurers
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AnalysisTech savvy new entrants set to shake-up home insurance sector
Insurance Times explores market movements in home insurance following the FCA’s pricing reform and escalating claims inflation pressures
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IT InterviewOke Eleazu: Taking the helm as ManyPets’ UK chief executive – the MGA that embodies the ’many’
As Eleazu assumes his new position as ManyPets’ UK chief executive, he speaks to Insurance Times about why the role is so important to him and how he aims to lift others up
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NewsRevealed: Claims Excellence Awards 2022 – winners and reaction
Amid the glitz and glamour of a Kensington-based ceremony, some firms took home multiple awards - was it you?
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Analysis‘Very aggressive segmentation’ set to replace price walking as profit-making tool for insurers
With customers having less incentive to shop around following the FCA eliminating price walking, how can underwriters leverage data to offer discounts to their least risky customers?
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AnalysisBriefing: How the ESG agenda can help insurance be a driver for positive societal change
ESG took centre stage at Biba’s 2022 conference, with an interesting panel on sustainability and even a fully recyclable stand from Allianz - but how can the industry help drive real change in the world?
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AnalysisThe Big Question June 2022: How is the insurance sector progressing in its plans to achieve net zero?
Following a greater regulatory focus on firms’ net zero transition plans, Insurance Times asks the industry how its climate change strategies are progressing
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IT InterviewYonatan Hatzor: The parametric MGA focused ‘on a big problem and not a solution’
Fresh from success at Lloyd’s Lab, the MGA has ambitions to provide ‘a more holistic solution to cover any type of downtime’, says chief executive
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Analysis‘Only a matter of time’ until parametric insurance becomes the norm
Industry experts estimate that cover for IT downtime will be ‘the next stage of growth in parametric insurance’
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IT InterviewThomas Stuart: Acturis encourages underwriters to be ‘bolder’ when eTrading with brokers
The software house’s insurance development director believes that if underwriters trade via straight through processing more, this would be ‘a significant step’ forward for the industry
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NewsExcitement builds ahead of Biba’s annual conference
After a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the trade association is back in Manchester with its annual conference, where Insurance Times will reveal its annual eTrading report results
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AnalysisHouse of Lords advocates more proportional regulation for London market
Inquiry calls for ‘broader reassessment of regulatory culture’ as current London market oversight is described as ‘inflexible’ and ‘unnecessarily complex’ by committee chair
